Producer: Priyanka Das Editor: Nisha Dubey
In today’s time, a large portion of the population is obese or overweight.
Though everyone wants to stay fit, shed some weight and keep lean, we often fail ourselves because some of our everyday habits hamper our weight loss journey just too bad.
It is always said that doing cardio is extremely essential if you want to lose weight. This is true but adding weights to your workout helps you burn calories long after your actual workout is over.
Indulging in drinks once in a while is always welcome but over-indulgence often causes problems, especially for those trying to lose weight as it completely slows down the fat burning process, interferes with your sleep cycle and aids water retention.
We often end up napping in the middle of the day, especially post lunch. Napping during the day affects your metabolism and makes you lose fewer calories than what you would lose if you sleep well at night.
When you choose to drink a glass of juice instead of eating a whole fruit, your body does not get enough nutrition and fibre, due to which you don’t feel full and end up feeling hungry again in a very short duration.
We are always in a hurry and do not even eat our meals in peace. Not only do we start getting hiccups when we swallow our food too fast but we lose lesser calories, our body takes more time to digest the swallowed food and fewer nutrients are absorbed.
We all underestimate the ill-effects of candies. The fact is that candies not only add a great deal of calories but increase toxins too.
A lot of people think that blander the food, healthier it is. But, the fact remains that a lot of spices, condiments and herbs have fat burning abilities; black pepper, cayenne pepper, cumin, coriander, garlic, etc to name some.
10. Studies suggest that getting a sound 8-hour sleep every night helps to reduce your junk food cravings the next day. This is why you should make sure you get the right amount of sleep.